Jewish communities and their expulsion from England in 1290 (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards

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Jewish communities and their expulsion from England in 1290
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Year French Jews began populating England

1066

Why Norman kings protected Jews

Money lending (forbidden for Christians)

Jewish population in England during King John's reign

About 5,000

Legal status of Jews and their possessions

Property of the king

What Jews were not allowed to join

Guilds

Name for areas where Jews lived

Jewries

Name of Jewish council in each community

Kehila

Blood libel definition

False accusation of using Christian blood in rituals

What were tallages

Taxes Jews were forced to pay

Years of pogroms against English Jews

1189-1190

Pogrom definition

Riot orchestrated against a particular group of people

Year Statute of Jewry passed

1275

What Jews had to wear under Statute of Jewry

Large yellow badges on outer clothes

Year Jews were expelled from England

1290

Number of Jews expelled from England in 1290

3,000

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